{"id":19,"date":"2025-08-26T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:36:29","slug":"morrisseau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/morrisseau\/","title":{"rendered":"Norval Morrisseau"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Norval Morrisseau<\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #b7b7b7\">(1932-2007)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ojibwa First Nation<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Born Jean-Baptiste Norman Henry Morrisseau, Norval Morrisseau is one of the most well-known and celebrated Indigenous artists in Canada. This Ahnisnabae artist was born at Sand Point First Nations Reserve, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Morrisseau was sent to a residential school, as a child, but stayed for only 2 years before leaving and attending a local community school. He married Harriet Kakegamic in 1957, and lived together in northwestern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisseau was a self-taught artist who, in the 1960s, originated the painting style referred to as \"Woodland Style\" or \"legend art\". The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/further-reading\/#woodland\">Woodland Style<\/a> often features spiritual themes rooted in the artist\u2019s cultural heritage \u2013 Morrisseau was interested in Ahnisnabae <a href=\"https:\/\/northernontario.travel\/best\/agawa-pictographs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rock pictography<\/a> and Mid\u00e9wiwin birchbark scrolls, referencing them in his art and even painting on birchbark himself at times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>There\u2019s lots of stories that are told in Ojibwa but that wasn\u2019t enough for me. I wanted to draw them-that's from my own self-my own idea what they look like<\/em>. - Norval Morrisseau (2005)<\/p>\n<p>Along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/IndArtPath\/DaphneOdjig\/\">Daphne Odjig<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/IndArtPath\/CarlRay\/\">Carl Ray<\/a>, Morrisseau was involved in founding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/further-reading\/#pniai\">Indigenous Group of Seven<\/a>. If you look closely at the three artworks on display in Huron's Executive Suite, you will see the artist often signed his name in Cree syllabics, \"Copper Thunderbird\".<\/p>\n<p>Many of Morrisseau's early solo exhibitions were held in Toronto, and his work is collected and hung in many Canadian Galleries: <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.ca\/exhibitions\/letendre\/morrisseau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Gallery of Ontario<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/norval-called-copper-thunderbird-morrisseau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nation Gallery of Canada<\/a> to name a few. In 1978, Morrisseau was made a member of the Order of Canada. Norval Morrisseau died in 2007 in Toronto, Ontario.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Works at Huron<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/morrisseau\/bear\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"116\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/09\/Morrisseau_Featured1.jpg\" alt=\"Norval Morrisseau Bear painting link image\" title=\"Morrisseau_Featured1\" class=\"wp-image-532 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 170px; 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